Example of English Proverbs Starting with the Letter 'H'

Habit cures habit.
Hair of the dog that bit you.
Half a loaf is better than no bread.
Half a loaf is better than none.
Hamlet without the Prince of Denmark .
Handsome is as handsome does.
Handsome is that handsome does.
Happiness takes no account of time.
Happy is he that is happy in his children.
Happy wife, happy life.
Hard words break no bones.

Hares may pull dead lions by the beard.
Harm watch, harm catch.
Haste makes waste.
Hasty climbers have sudden falls.
Hate not at the first harm.
Hatred is blind, as well as love.
Hawks will not pick hawks' eyes.
He begins to die that quits his desires.
He cannot speak well that cannot hold his tongue.
He carries fire in one hand and water in the other.
He dances well to whom fortune pipes.
He gives twice who gives in a trice.
He goes long barefoot that waits for dead man's shoes.
He is a fool that forgets himself.
He is a good friend that speaks well of us behind our backs.
He is happy that thinks himself so.
He is lifeless that is faultless.
He is not fit to command others that cannot command himself.
He is not laughed at that laughs at himself first.
He is not poor that has little, but he that desires much.
He jests at scars that never felt a wound.
He knows best what good is that has endured evil.
He knows how many beans make five.
He knows much who knows how to hold his tongue.
He laughs best who laughs last.
He lives long that lives well.
He must needs swim that is held up by the chin.
He should have a long spoon that sups with the devil.
He smells best that smells of nothing.
He that comes first to the hill may sit where he will.
He that commits a fault thinks everyone speaks of it.
He that does you an i!i turn will never forgive you.
He that fears every bush must never go a-birding.
He that fears you present wiil hate you absent.
He that goes a borrowing, goes a sorrowing.
He that goes barefoot must not plant thorns.

He that has a full purse never wanted a friend.
He that has a great nose thinks everybody is speaking of it.
He that has an ill name is half hanged.
He that has he head needs no hat.
He that has no children knows not what love is.
He that has no money needs no purse.
He that is born to be hanged shall never be drowned.
He that is full of himself is very empty.
He that is ill to himself will be good to nobody.
He that is warm thinks all so.
He that knows nothing doubts nothing.
He that lies down with dogs must rise up with fleas.
He that lives too fast, goes to his grave too soon.
He that lives with cripples learns to limp.
He that mischief hatches, mischief catches.
He that never climbed never fell.
He that once deceives is ever suspected.
He that promises too much means nothing.
He that respects not is not respected.
He that seeks trouble never misses.
He that serves everybody is paid by nobody.
He that serves God for money will serve the devil for better wages.
He that spares the bad injures the good.
He that talks much errs much.
He that talks much lies much.
He that will eat the kernel must crack the nut.
He that will not when he may, when he will he shall have nay.
He that will steal an egg will steal an ox.
He that will thrive, must rise at five.

He that would eat the fruit must climb the tree.
He that would have eggs must endure the cackling of hens.
He who hesitates is lost.
He who is born a fool is never cured.
He who laughs last laughs longest.
He who likes borrowing dislikes paying.
He who lives by the sword shall die by the sword.
He who makes no mistakes, makes nothing.
He who pays the piper calls the tune.
He who pleased everybody died before he was born.
He who says what he likes, shall hear what he doesn't like.
He who would catch fish must not mind getting wet.
He who would eat the nut must first crack the shell.
He who would search for pearls must dive below.
He will never set the Thames on fire.
He works best who knows his trade.
Head cook and bottle-washer.
Health is better than wealth.
Health is not valued till sickness comes.
Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.
Help a lame dog over a stile.
His bark is worse than his bite.
His money burns a hole in his pocket.
History repeats itself.
Home is where the heart is.
Home is where you hang your hat.
Honesty is the best policy.
Honey catches more flies than vinegar.
Honey is not for the ass's mouth.
Honey is sweet, but the bee stings.
Honour and profit lie not in one sack.
Honours change manners.
Hope for the best, expect the worst.
Hope is a good breakfast, but a bad supper.
Hope is the poor man's bread.
Hunger breaks stone walls.
Hunger finds no fault with cookery.
Hunger is the best sauce.
Hunger makes good kitchen.
Hungry bellies have no ears.